Jan 1, 2010

The Remains of the Day | What Do I Read Next?

Hope and Glory: Britain 1900–1990 (1997) is the work of P. F. Clarke and Mark Kishlansky, whose contribution to the Penguin History of Britain Series provides an overview of modern British history. Besides providing students with a better understanding of the events leading up to both world wars (and their aftereffects), this book provides commentary on religious, social, and intellectual changes over the past century.

Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World (1989) concerns Masuji Ono, an artist who...